To help employers properly administer their 401(k) plans, in 2022, Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of monthly “401(k) Compliance Check” newsletters. This article includes some tips for drafting a best-in- class...more
In last month’s 401(k) Compliance Check, we discussed what to do if you inadvertently failed to enroll someone in your 401(k) plan. In this month’s Compliance Check, we focus on the variety of typical notices that are...more
4/20/2022
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Automatic Enrollment ,
Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fee Disclosure ,
IRS ,
QACA ,
Retirement Plan ,
Safe Harbors
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have gotten daily calls and emails from our clients asking how furloughs, layoffs, the CARES Act, and a host of other pandemic-related changes affect the benefit plans that they...more
5/21/2020
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Cafeteria Plans ,
CARES Act ,
COBRA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enrollment ,
FSA ,
Furloughs ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HRA ,
IRS ,
Layoffs
If your company sponsors a 401(k) or 403(b) plan that allows participants to take hardship distributions, you probably had a conversation with your plan recordkeeper last year about changes to the rules on hardship...more
10/8/2019
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403(b) Plans ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Final Rules ,
Hardship Distributions ,
IRS ,
Plan Documents ,
Retirement Plan ,
Safe Harbors ,
U.S. Treasury
According to a recent report, the average student loan debt for a Class of 2016 graduate is $37,172. As recent graduates enter the work force, they often choose not to contribute to their employers’ 401(k) plans and lose out...more
Impact of Tax Reform on Employer-Provided Retirement, Welfare, and Fringe Benefits -
The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (the “Tax Reform Act”) made significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Although there...more
1/8/2018
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403(b) Plans ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Employee Benefits ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Hardship Distributions ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Individual Mandate ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Retirement Plan ,
Roth IRA ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act